Women's Goals and Programs
for the 21st Century

On June 30, 1998, Quaker women first met in the Women's Center of the Friends General Conference Gathering in
River Falls, Wisconsin to articulate goals for the Women's Movement in the next century.

Each of the approximately thirty women spoke of her concerns and hopes for the future. Among us were mothers, grandmothers,
professionals and non-professionals of all kinds. Some had thought about this for a long time and others spoke
from the moment. We remembered the history, the successes, the failures, and the methods of our Quaker women ancestors.

The women who offered these ideas expected that additions and/or deletions would be made at the 1999 Gathering.
In the intervening year many Friends read these goals, made constructive comments, and on July 6, 1999, Quaker
women from around the North American continent met again at the Friends General Conference Gathering in Kalamazoo,
Michigan, to affirm what follows.

We take our values as Quaker women into the world at large in order to lessen the present high level of social
anxiety felt by women.

We seek global change in the areas of religion, finance, family, health, education and economic priorities.

For questions or comments about
Women's Goals and Programs for the 21st Century,
contact Mary Hopkins at maryhop@bellatlantic.net

Program Plan of Operation covers these five program areas: (Click on each line below for the respective goals.)